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Secondary · Independent (中学私立)

ISC-tier fee-paying secondary schools (HMC / GSA / IAPS members) with senior-school age range (≥16). Default order: continuous prestige score = manual tier (Clarendon Nine / HMC flagships) + DfE A-Level + GCSE + pupil count + boarding + destination signal. All 506 ISC schools ranked on one transparent scale. Click 'A-Level AAB %' for pure academic-merit. Excludes embassy / small religious / SEN micro-schools. Currently sorted by A-Level AAB % (period 202425).

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#SchoolA-Level AAB %TypeRegionOfsted
1The National Mathematics and Science College
Period 202425
90.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
2Concord College
Period 202425
62.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
3Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School
Period 202324
49.5%Independent · Boarding · 6thHereford, West Midlands
4The King's School
Period 202425
49.5%Independent · Day · 6thWorcestershire, West Midlands
5Royal Grammar School Worcester
Period 202425
45.7%Independent · Day · 6thWorcester, West Midlands
6Solihull School
Period 202425
41.9%Independent · Day · 6thSolihull, West Midlands
7Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Period 202425
39.1%Independent · Day · 6thNewcastle-under-Lyme, West Midlands
8Rugby School
Period 202425
36.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thRugby, West Midlands
9Ellesmere College36.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thEllesmere, West Midlands
10Wolverhampton Grammar School
Period 202425
34.5%Independent · Day · 6thWolverhampton, West Midlands
11Shrewsbury School
Period 202425
33.7%Independent · Boarding · 6thShrewsbury, West Midlands
12Bromsgrove School
Period 202425
32.3%Independent · Boarding · 6thBromsgrove, West Midlands
13Denstone College
Period 202425
25.0%Independent · Boarding · 6thUttoxeter, West Midlands
14Oswestry School
Period 202425
21.4%Independent · Boarding · 6thOswestry, West Midlands
15King Henry VIII School
Period 202425
20.8%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
16Bablake School
Period 202425
20.3%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
17St. Dominic's Grammar School
Period 202425
20.0%Independent · Day · 6thStafford, West Midlands
18Tettenhall College Incorporated
Period 202425
17.6%Independent · Boarding · 6thWolverhampton, West Midlands
19Princethorpe College
Period 202425
17.2%Independent · Day · 6thRugby, West Midlands
20Mander Portman Woodward Independent College
Period 202425
16.0%Independent · Day · 6thBirmingham, West Midlands
21Stafford Grammar School
Period 202425
12.5%Independent · Day · 6thUnknown, West Midlands
22St George's School Edgbaston
Period 202425
12.5%Independent · Day · 6thWest Midlands, West Midlands
23Wrekin College
Period 202425
12.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thTelford, West Midlands
24Lichfield Cathedral School
Period 202425
11.5%Independent · Day · 6thLichfield, West Midlands
25Malvern College
Period 202425
8.2%Independent · Boarding · 6thMalvern, West Midlands
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Source: DfE / Explore Education Statistics, latest published 16-18 period (202425). Independent schools that don't submit to DfE are not represented.

Note on Independent schools: most are inspected by ISI, not Ofsted, so the Ofsted column is empty for many entries. ISI bulk data is not publicly available — sorting by A-Level metrics gives a more meaningful order for this slice.